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► [any of ]

Be Careful!
►►You can use either a plural or singular form of a verb with any of and the pronouns these, those, us, you, and them.

-It didn't seem that any of us was/were ready. []
-I don't think any of us wants/want that. []
► [Party]

►►A 'party' is a social event where people enjoy themselves by eating, drinking, dancing, talking, or playing games. You use 'have', 'give', or 'throw' to say that someone organizes a party:
-We are having a party on Saturday. [✔️]
-They gave a party to celebrate their daughter's graduation. [✔️]
-We threw her a huge birthday party. [✔️]

►Be Careful!
Don't use 'make'. Don't say, for example, 'We are making a party'.
POPULACE = people living in an area: The general *populace* hated the film. 🎥👎

POPULOUS = having many people: Tokyo 🗼 is a *populous* city.
► [Neither of/None of ]

►►We use 'neither', not 'none', when we are talking about two people or things:

-Books and television are different. Neither of them should replace the other. []

-Books and television are different. None of them should replace the other. []
► [dream of having]

►►When someone thinks about a situation that they would like to happen, you can say that they 'dream of having' something or 'dream of doing' something.
-He dreamt of having a car. [✔️]
-He dreamt to have a car. []

►Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'dreams to have' something or 'dreams to do' something.
►► [on/at/from the market]

-I bought some eggs in the market. []
-I bought some eggs at the market. []
-I bought some eggs from the market. []
-I bought some eggs on the market. []

on the market ►available for people to buy.
For diseases,

“endemic” = in a small area;

“epidemic” = widespread;

“pandemic” = universal. 🌏

They get worse in alphabetical order.😊